After police chase, driver collides with cars on Route 2 in Lincoln

Friday

Mar 2, 2018 at 12:03 PMMar 2, 2018 at 12:03 PM

A man authorities attempted to pull over in Leominster led them on a pursuit that ended with the driver on the wrong side of the highway, colliding with two vehicles, according to Lincoln Journal’s media partner WCVB.

Ethan Johnson, 32, of Paxton, was arrested March 1 for failing to stop after crashing nearly 25 miles away in Lincoln.

Massachusetts State Police said they were called about a suspicious person, later identified as Johnson, driving on Interstate 190 approaching Route 2.

Police said they approached the driver on Route 2 eastbound, where a trooper got behind the vehicle and activated his blue lights.

State police said the driver took off from the trooper, traveling on Route 2 eastbound.

Investigators said they stopped the pursuit when the driver crossed over onto oncoming traffic at Routes 2 and 126, traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes. Police said the driver continued traveling on the westbound side against the flow of traffic and caused a crash with two other vehicles.

The drivers of both other vehicles suffered non-life threatening injuries and were both transported to Emerson Hospital.

Both travel lanes were closed and traffic was diverted into the breakdown lane for several hours.